May 30, 2026
Things are heating up! AI is going strong again. All the tech stocks seem to be going up. That’s a good deal. The other sectors are not working out quite so well, but that’s what happens when the market focuses…
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Michael is not an advisor or analyst. He is just a beginner at all this stock stuff. He just doesn't have anyone to share his excitement about all the stuff he is learning so he is putting all this information here.
The World of REITs
What is a REIT? REIT stands for Real Estate Investment Trust. As the name implies, they are companies that deal in real estate, but to be classified as a REIT the company has to give out around 90% of the…
May 25, 2026
Memorial Day Today was Memorial Day, a day of remembering those who fought in the Wars to protect our way of life. I do very much respect that and I am very grateful to those who came before me. We…
Dividends
It’s a game of pennies. I know, they don’t make pennies anymore, but in the digital age, pennies are still digitally available. And Dividends work almost always in pennies. I know that there are people who say you can replace…
May 15, 2026
Yeah, it’s Friday alright. Well, as I expected the stock market went to heck today. Mostly all those stocks that had the huge gains last week and through the earlier part of this week had huge drops. Not as much…
May 10, 2026
What a week that was! Holy moly! The AI stocks are going crazy again. A little while ago, I spent almost 400 dollars to buy one share of Micron. As of Friday night, it was almost 750. Nvidia is up…
May 7, 2026
Is it getting better? On May 5th, after I wrote my morning message, I opened up my portfolio and had to rub my eyes to figure out what was wrong with them. I looked like my stock in Micron had…
May 5, 2026
Yesterday was interesting I’ve been doing a lot of research, and reading Jim Cramer’s latest book “How to Make Money in Any Market” and it’s kind of funny because I relate to his mother and the way she chose her…
May3, 2026
Settling Down April was a crazy month! But it really went fast didn’t it? It did for me anyway. I can barely believe that we are at the start of a new month. There are two full moons this month…
April 28,2026
The Middle East Not much has been said on the news about what is happening in Iran. I don’t know if that is good or bad. I know that the president’s negotiators were supposed to meet with Iran’s negotiators last…